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Saturday, October 10, 2015

Press Release, MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – After Scott DesJarlais chose to pass the microphone during the House Oversight and Government Reform hearing on Planned Parenthood last week, the
Grant Starrett for Congress campaign released the following lines of
questioning that Grant would have asked Planned Parenthood's Cecile
Richards.

"On
September 29th, the President of Planned Parenthood, Cecile Richards,
came before Congress to testify at a hearing of the House Oversight and
Government Reform Committee. Scott DesJarlais had the opportunity to
question Richards at one of the most important hearings in Congress this
year.

Unbelievable. Scott DesJarlais chose not to ask a single question of
Planned Parenthood, even in the wake of recent undercover videos that
unmasked the horrifying practices of Richards’ organization.

Here are the questions that Scott DesJarlais chose not to ask, and that I would have asked, the head of Planned Parenthood:

​1. Would Planned Parenthood ever discourage a woman from seeking an
abortion? What if a woman was explicitly interested in only male
children? What if a woman was explicitly interested in only children of a
particular race? What if a woman was being paid by a tissue harvesting
company? ​

2. Before performing an abortion, what steps does a Planned Parenthood
clinic take to ensure the child’s father hasn’t coerced the ​mother into
an abortion?

​3. Recent undercover videos unmasked that Planned Parenthood will alter
abortion procedures so that the baby’s body parts can be sold for cash. Planned Parenthood officials are shown haggling over price, including a notorious reference to a Lamborghini. Federal law says
“It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly acquire, receive, or
otherwise transfer any human fetal tissue for valuable consideration if
the transfer affects interstate commerce.” How do the activities on
these videos not violate this law?

4. Regardless of the law, do you hold yourself responsible for these actions? Does the buck stop with you?

​5. A grand jury report said that inspectors found “blood-splattered floors, and blood-stained chairs” in an abortion clinic in Philadelphia. You opposed
the application of typical, widespread regulatory standards for
outpatient surgical centers and hospitals. What regulations, if any, are
reasonable for abortion providers? Does an abortion qualify as an
outpatient procedure? What about an abortion makes it undeserving of
routine safety and cleanliness standards?
​
6. Should abortion be available until the moment of birth? What is the
difference between an hour old child and a child an hour from birth?

​7. Since 2006, the number of customers that go to Planned Parenthood each year for cancer screenings declined year after year. At the same time, some 13,500 community health centers don't receive the half billion dollars
that go to Planned Parenthood. Why shouldn't organizations that provide
cancer screenings but manage to avoid killing unborn children be the
beneficiaries of your taxpayer dollars?

​Are you seriously suggesting that caring for women's health is impossible without providing abortions? You suggested
in your testimony that you do not use Planned Parenthood for your own
medical needs. Why not? Are you satisfied with your primary healthcare
provider? Does it provide abortions?

8. You believe
that abortion is a right. Does a right have to be financed by taxpayer
dollars? If so, do you support the federal government subsidizing
American citizens' purchase of firearms? In other words, should the
federal government pay for my Glock?

9. You say that taxpayer dollars don't fund abortions, but your organization performs almost one out of every four abortions in America. But money is fungible, and you receive half a billion dollars
from the federal government. How many private donations are then
allowed to subsidize abortion as a result of your massive taxpayer
subsidy?

​10. Dr. Alveda King, the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, observed,
“The most obvious practitioner of racism in the United States today is
Planned Parenthood, an organization founded by the eugenicist Margaret
Sanger and recently documented as ready to accept money to eliminate
black babies.” According to the CDC,
African American babies accounted for 37.3% of all abortions in the
United States in 2011, yet African Americans make up only some ten
percent of the population.
​ ​
Do black lives matter in the womb?​"

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